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Issue: Fantoman #3
Publication Date: October 1940
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Issues: #3 of 3 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagCentaur
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Centaur Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/22/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Lloyd Jacquet
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
First Line: On the government construction job...
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Signature is consistent with the signature Robbins used on the cover of Wham Comics (Centaur, 1940 series) #1.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantom of the Fair; Mike (a Policeman); The Thunderbolt (villain, robot, death?); "The Brain of the Robot" (villain)
First Line: Catastrophe strikes at the electrical utilities area of the World's Fair.
Synopsis: In the Electric Utilities area of the World's Fair, a giant electro-robot goes on a rampage, turned loose by some unknown person, threatening the lives of Fair goers with a million volts of electricity at its fingertips. The Fantom battles the metal menace until he discovers the brains behind the controls, then deals with him.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAmazing Mystery Funnies v2 #11 published November 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul Gustavson's son.

The design for the robot in this story is based on a robot on the cover of the pulp magazine Amazing Stories (January 1939). (Source: https://martinohearn2.blogspot.com/2023/06/another-comic-design-inspired-by-pulp.html )
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fantom of the Fair; Mike (factory worker); Jane Benton (steel mill owner); Rusty (disgruntled factory worker); George (villain, Jane's cousin)
First Line: She'll be a slave-driver!
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From Content Item: FlagAmazing Mystery Funnies v2 #12 published December 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, Paul Gustavson's son.

"As winter draws near, the World's Fair closes its gates until the spring... the Fantom turns elsewhere in his work of safeguarding human life and upholding justice", the story being set in a steel mill in Pennsylvania.

The true face of The Fantom is shown at the end of this story.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Shane Dare
First Line: Traveler--soldier of fortune...
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Pages: 7
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Invitation To Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Larrie May
Penciller(s): G. B. (signed)
Inker(s): G. B. (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
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Pages: 2
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Racing Against Doom

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Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Capt. Steve Ransom
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From Content Item: FlagKeen Detective Funnies v2 #6 published June 1939
was Racing Against Doom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Last Mayan Indian

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Buggy
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Zomba
First Line: Adventures of the passengers of an airliner...
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Pages: 7
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Captain Bailey's Bet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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From Content Item: FlagKeen Detective Funnies v2 #2 published February 1939
was Captain Bailey's Bet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7

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